Help Preserve the Blue Wing Inn

The Blue Wing Inn is a 170+ year old, two-story "Monterey Style" adobe across from Sonoma Mission that looks as it did at its completion in 1852.

It didn’t get to look like it does today by accident. There were at least 4 individuals who were actively involved with its preservation: August Pinelli in 1911; Elmer Awl as well as Celeste Murphy in the early 1940s; and William and Polly Black from 1948 until 1968.
We have them to thank.

--> Do you think we can step up to the plate and help preserve it for another 170 years?


A "Time Travel" Vision

My vision for the Blue Wing Inn is best stated by Anne Peterson, Associate Director for Historical Resources at the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation in her article “Rethinking Exhibition Strategies at the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation” in Boletín, Journal of the California Mission Studies Association Vol. 26, No. 1&2, pg. 98
"Atmosphere” zones will include interior spaces that can be closed off from the world outside to support dense historical environments. Here visitors will be asked to be silent and refrain from touching while being encouraged to use other senses to experience the past. Smells, lighting, audio and even temperature will help create immersive environments that convey the impression that past inhabitants have just temporarily vacated the room

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